Paretroplus menarambo

– Extinct in the Wild

Taxonomy

Kingdom:	ANIMALIA
Phylum:	CHORDATA
Class:	ACTINOPTERYGII
Order:	PERCIFORMES
Family:	CICHLIDAE
Scientific Name:	Paretroplus menarambo
Species Authority:	Allgayer, 1966

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria:	EW ver 3.1 (2001)
Year Assessed:	2004
Assessor/s:	Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop, Mantasoa, Madagascar 2001
Evaluator/s:	Stiassny, M.L.J., Sparks, J.S. (AMNH, New York) & Darwall, W (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Justification:	Originally endemic to Madagascar and now presumed Extinct in the Wild. Despite targeted surveys, no specimens have been collected in recent years: the last reports of this species are from the late 1990s (de Rham and Nourissat 2002). However, breeding populations are maintained in captivity. Given that the species was only known from a single locality it is reasonable to assume that sufficient survey has been conducted to assess it as Extinct in the Wild. The main causes for the loss of this species were deforestation, introduced alien species and overfishing.

Geographic Range

Range Description:	Endemic to Madagascar.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Madagascar

Habitat and Ecology

System:

Freshwater

List of Habitats:

5.1	Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)

Threats

List of Threats:

1.3.3	Habitat Loss/Degradation - Extraction - Wood (past)
2	Invasive alien species (directly affecting the species) (past)
3	Harvesting (hunting/gathering) (past)

Conservation Actions

List of Conservation Actions:

5.7.1

Species-based actions - Ex situ conservation actions - Captive breeding/Artificial propagation (needed)

Bibliography

Bibliography:

Allegayer, R. 1996. Description d'une espèce nouvelle du genre Paretroplus Bleeker (Teleostei: Cichlidae) de Madagascar. Revue Francaise des Cichlidophiles 159:6-20.

Loiselle, P.V. 1996a. The Cichlids of jurassic Park III. Cichlids News 5(1):21-25.

Loiselle, P.V. 1996b. The cichlids of Jurassic Park. IV. Cichlid News 5(2):8-2.

Nourissat, J.-C. 1992. Madagascar 1991. Revue Francaise des Cichlidophiles 118:9-29.

Nourissat, J.-C. 1993. Madagascar 1992. Revue Francaise des Cichlidophiles 129:8-36.

Nourissat, J.-C. 1997. Madagascar 1996. Revue Francaise des Cichlidophiles 174:19-34.

de Rham, P. and Nourissat, J.-C. 2002. Les cichlidés endémiques de Madagascar. Association France Cichlid. Sagrafic, Barcelona, Spain.

Citation:	Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop 2004. Paretroplus menarambo. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 July 2008.
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